nl.tudelft.simulation.dsol.simulators
Interface DESSSimulatorInterface

All Superinterfaces:

nl.tudelft.simulation.event.EventProducerInterface, java.rmi.Remote, java.io.Serializable, SimulatorInterface

All Known Subinterfaces:

AnimatorInterface, DEVDESSSimulatorInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

Animator, DESSSimulator, DEVDESSSimulator, RealTimeClock

public interface DESSSimulatorInterface

extends SimulatorInterface

The DESS defines the interface of the DESS simulator. DESS stands for the Differential Equation System Specification. More information on Modeling & Simulation can be found in "Theory of Modeling and Simulation" by Bernard Zeigler et. al.

(c) copyright 2003 Delft University of Technology , the Netherlands.
See for project information www.simulation.tudelft.nl
License of use: General Public License (GPL) , no warranty

Since:

1.0

Version:

1.8 2004-03-18

Author:

Peter Jacobs

Field Summary

static double	DEFAULT_TIME_STEP DEFAULT_TIME_STEP represents the default timestep for the simulator
static nl.tudelft.simulation.event.EventType	TIME_STEP_CHANGED_EVENT TIME_STEP_CHANGED_EVENT is fired when the time step is set

Fields inherited from interface nl.tudelft.simulation.dsol.simulators.SimulatorInterface

END_OF_REPLICATION_EVENT, START_EVENT, START_REPLICATION_EVENT, STEP_EVENT, STOP_EVENT, TIME_CHANGED_EVENT, WARMUP_EVENT

Fields inherited from interface nl.tudelft.simulation.event.EventProducerInterface

FIRST_POSITION, LAST_POSITION

Method Summary

double	getTimeStep() returns the time step of the DESS simulator
void	setTimeStep(double timeStep) Method setTimeStep sets the time step of the simulator

Methods inherited from interface nl.tudelft.simulation.dsol.simulators.SimulatorInterface

getReplication, getSimulatorTime, initialize, isRunning, start, step, stop

Methods inherited from interface nl.tudelft.simulation.event.EventProducerInterface

addListener, addListener, addListener, addListener, getEventTypes, removeListener

Field Detail

TIME_STEP_CHANGED_EVENT

public static final nl.tudelft.simulation.event.EventType TIME_STEP_CHANGED_EVENT

TIME_STEP_CHANGED_EVENT is fired when the time step is set

DEFAULT_TIME_STEP

public static final double DEFAULT_TIME_STEP

DEFAULT_TIME_STEP represents the default timestep for the simulator

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getTimeStep

public double getTimeStep()
                   throws java.rmi.RemoteException

returns the time step of the DESS simulator

Returns:

the timeStep

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - on network failure

setTimeStep

public void setTimeStep(double timeStep)
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Method setTimeStep sets the time step of the simulator

Parameters:

timeStep - the new timeStep. Its value should be >0.0

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - on network failure